Habib Kalesh Ali Khalid was born in 1944 in the village of Batifa, affiliated with the Zakho district. He studied up to the middle school level in the city of Zakho. He is married. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution, he became a refugee in the country of Iran and initially settled in the city of Naqadeh in East Kurdistan. Later, he was transferred to the city of Khomein, then to the city of Arak, and later to the city of Delijan. In 1991, after the popular uprising of the people of Kurdistan, he returned to South Kurdistan and settled in the city of Duhok.
In 1962, he joined the Peshmerga Forces of the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga. In the same year, he was made a cadre of the Zakho District Committee and was responsible for the organization of four villages affiliated with the Zagros organization of the Zakho District Committee.
In 1964, he was invited to participate in the Fourth Congress of the Party, but due to his wife's illness, he could not attend. In the same year, he was made a delegate of the Kurdistan Students Union. In 1965, he was at the leadership of the Kurdistan Revolution in the town of Batifa. In 1966, he participated in the Seventh Congress of the Party. In 1967, he was entrusted with the responsibility of the Rizgari organization in the Sindiya District Committee. In 1968, he participated in the cadre course, and after completing the course, he returned to his responsibility. In 1969, he was transferred to the Zakho region and was made responsible for the Azadi organization.
After the March 11, 1970 Agreement, Habib Kalesh participated in the 8th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Nawprdan. After the Congress, he was made a member of the Zakho District Committee affiliated with Branch 1 of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and later was made a member of the administrative body of the same district committee. In 1979, he participated in the 9th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party,
In 1980, he was made an administrator of the Khabat District Committee. In 1981, he was made an administrator of Branch 1. In 1986, he was transferred to the Finance Department of the Party's Political Bureau. In 1989, he participated in the Tenth Congress of the Party.
In 1989, Habib Kalesh was entrusted with the responsibility of the Qasmarash customs along with the delegates of other parties of the Kurdistan Front. In 1990, he was made the head of the Nerwa and Rekan District Committee. In 1991, after the establishment of the branch headquarters in the city of Erbil, he was made the financial officer of Branch 2 of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Later, he was transferred to Branch 1 in the city of Duhok. In 1993, he was one of the members of the preparatory committee for the Twelfth Congress in the district committees within the borders of Branch 1 in Duhok. In the same year, he participated in the Twelfth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 2002, he was made the head of the organization of Branch 1 in Duhok. In 2005, he was transferred to the Martyrs' Institution. In 2010, he participated in the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
On October 13, 1999, at the Twelfth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, due to the services he had provided, he was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani.
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.